The enneagram is a circular figure containing nine points connected by two geometric figures, a triangle and a hexad. It's an unusual figure that was introduced to modern audience by George I. Gurdjieff almost a century ago. Gurdjieff considered it to be a universal symbol with many profound applications. More recently, it was developed by Oscar Ichazo as a system for identifying nine archetypal personality types, each distinguished by a unique core motivation. People from many walks of life have used the enneagram to understand how their inner nature affects their outer behavior.